We spent a month in conference and were unsuccessful. In this Congress. I have been working as hard as I could to have immigration reform. I introduced the first comprehensive immigration reform bill in this Congress. taking much of what was done in the conference from last Congress. trying to take those areas where we had reached agreement. and then in some areas where there was not agreement. going with what I thought was the proper course. I have been a sponsor of legislation on the guestworker question for 8 years in the Congress. Yet today I led the fight to first of all vote down the previous question and allow us to have a different rule presented. and then when we were just short on that vote. led the fight to defeat the rule.
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